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PIX4596892: Apollo 13: Control Room - View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 problem - View of the control room on 15 April 1970 while the makeshift box (nicknamed “mailbox”) for purging CO2 inside the lunar module is present. Prototype of the “” mail box”” constructed at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) to remove carbon dioxide from the Apollo 13 Command Module (CM) is displayed in the Mission Control Center (MCC). The “” mail box”” was constructed when it became apparent CO2 was prevalent in the CM and the spacecraft's lithium hydroxide system was not removing it sufficiently. A space suit exhaust hose is connected to a lithium hydroxide canister to purge the cabin air. There are 16 such canisters in the CM and each will last approximately 12 hours. Looking at the “” mail box”” are (from the left): Milton L. Windler, shift 1 flight director; Dr. Donald K. (Deke) Slayton, director of flight crew operations, MSC; Howard W. Tindall, deputy director, flight operations, MSC; Sigurd A. Sjoberg, director, flight operations, MSC; Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, deputy director, MSC; and Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, director, MSC. April 15, 1970 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596945: Apollo 13: recuperation of the capsule - Apollo 13 command module recovery - The control module of Apollo 13 winch on board the “Iwo Jima”. 17/04/1970. Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean / Bridgeman Images
FLO4596954: The pear tree of China. Chinese pear tree in blossom, Pyrus pyrifolia. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596963: Apollo 13: astronauts return - Apollo 13 crew return - Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr hoisted aboard a helicopter to be taken aboard the USS Iwo Jima airplane door. 17 April 1970. Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, is hoisted aboard a helicopter from the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery vessel for the mission. Lovell was the last of the three Apollo 13 crewmembers to egress the Command Module (CM) and the last to be lifted aboard the helicopter. He was preceded by astronauts John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. The CM and a U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer can be seen in the ocean background. Apollo 13 splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596970: Apollo 13: return of astronauts - Apollo 13: the crew on the recovery ship - Apollo 13 astronauts leave the helicopter aboard the USS Iwo Jima airplane door. Astronauts (left to right) Fred W. Haise Jr, James A. Lovell Jr, and John L. Swigert Jr landed in the Pacific Ocean on 17 April 1970. The crewmembers of the Apollo 13 mission, step aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Exiting the helicopter which made the pick - up some four miles from the Iwo Jima are (from left) astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot; James A. Lovell Jr., commander; and John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot. The crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596978: Apollo 13: return of astronauts - Apollo 13: the crew on the recovery ship - Admiral Donald C. Davis welcomes astronauts from the Apollo 13 mission aboard the USS Iwo Jima airplane door. Astronauts (left to right) Fred W. Haise Jr, John L. Swigert Jr and James A. Lovell Jr landed in the Pacific Ocean on 17 April 1970. Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commanding Officer of Task Force 130, the Pacific Recovery Forces for the Manned Spacecraft Missions, welcomes the Apollo 13 crewmembers aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. The crewmembers (from the left) astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr. (waving), lunar module pilot; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; and James A. Lovell Jr., commander; were transported by helicopter to the ship following a smooth splashdown only about four miles from the USS Iwo Jima. Splashdown occurred at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, to conclude safely a perilous space flight / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596984: Apollo 13: Astronaut Jim Lovell - Apollo 13: Jim Lovell - Astronaut Jim Lovell discovers the story of the Apollo 13 mission rescue in the press. He is aboard the USS Iwo Jima airplane door. 17 April 1970. Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 mission commander, reads a newspaper account of the safe recovery of the problem plagued mission. Lovell is on board the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for Apollo 13, which was on a course headed for Pago Pago. From Pago Pago the astronauts flew to Hickham Air Force Base, Hawaii, where they were presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard M. Nixon. Other Apollo 13 crew members were astronauts John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. 17 April 1970 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4596998: Jasmine from China has yellow and double flowers. English jasmine with double yellow flowers, Jasminum species. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597004: Crew Apollo 14 - Apollo 14 crew - From top to bottom: Edgar Mitchell (pilot of the lunar module), Stuart Roosa (pilot of the control module) and Alan Shepard (commander) posing in front of the mock-up of the lunar module. 07/07/1970. Edgar Mitchell, Stuart Roosa, Alan Shepard, commander; Stuart Roosa, command module pilot and Edgar Mitchell, lunar module pilot standing in front of a Lunar Module mock - up. Jul 07 1970 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4597009: Lychnide has lacinia flowers color of China's Saffron. Catchfly species, Lychnis senno. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4597018: La Fougeroux. Marlberry, Ardisia japonica. Named for Auguste-Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy from the Royal Academy of Sciences. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4597127: The vulgar Persicary of China. Chinese knotweed, Persicaria orientalis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594248: Equatorial instrument (telescope) at Armagh made by Edward Troughton. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594253: The Earl of Ilay's Equal Altitude Instrument, Jeremiah Sisson's Equatorial Sector and Mr. Cote's Equal Altitude Instrument. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594255: Anatomy of human internal organs from the back showing spine, lungs, liver, intestines, gallbladder, etc. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4594337: Aquarius Constellation - Constellation of Aquarius - Field around the Aquarius constelllation. The Helix planetary nebula appears as a red dot towards the center of the image. Aquarius (The Water Carrier) is a large but relatively insconspicuous southern zodiacal constellation and has an area of about 980 square degrees, which makes it the 10th largest. Its origins as a constellation can be traced back to Babylonian times and has usually been delineated as a figure pouring water from a jar in the general direction of Capricornus and Piscis Austrinus, themselves quite watery constellations. The Sun is in this part of the sky in February and March, following the Ecliptic. The constellation embraces many objects of telescopic interest, including the Helix nebula and the Mira - like variable star R Aquarii. Also notable are the globular clusters M2 (NGC 7089) and the Saturn planetary nebula NGC 7009. Best seen in the early evening in August / Bridgeman Images
PIX4594450: Star sky, Constellations of the Virgin and the Raven - Starry sky with Virgo and Corvus constellations - The Raven, the Virgin and the Great Bear above the Chapel of Mount Saint - Michel de Braspart. In overprint, the mythological forms of these constellations, extracted from the Uranographia of Hevelius. Ursa Major, Virgo and Corvus constellations above a chapel, Brittany, France. Constellation mythological forms from “” Uranographia”” star atlas by Hevelius (1690) have been added / Bridgeman Images
PIX4594477: Constellation of the Virgin and Menhirs of Carnac - Virgo constellation above standing stones in Carnac - The Virgin and the Raven dominate menhirs of the Carnac alignments. March 2009. Starry sky with standing stones in Carnac, Brittany - France. Constellations of Corvus is also visible in the sky. March 2009 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594503: Dress (Dress) of the reign of King Henry I, 1100-1135. She wears a long veil, a sand-lined cloak over a full dress with flared sleeves. “” Golden Book of St. Albans,”” 12th century manuscript, Ordericus vitalis, and a suit of fur (black sable with white spots) presented by the Bishop of Lincoln to the king. Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594509: Dress (Dress) of the reign of King Stephen, 1135-1141. Long veil and full wimple, full dress with long sleeves and apron, holding a garland of flowers. Cotton manuscript, 12th century psalter and Strutt's Habits.” Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594537: Dress (Dress) of the reign of King Henry III, 1216-1272. She wear a crimson furlined mantle over a blue and white damask dress, crown of roses, veil and wimple. Based on an effigy of Aveline, Countess of Lancaster, in Westminster Abbey, 13th century romance With damask white and Azure Blue/Well diapered with lilies new. Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images